#B178EF#B178EF

#B178EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.176 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178EF
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 239)
HSL	hsl(269, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 49.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, 45.01, -51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 68.65, 310.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% 0.0991 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.176 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4246, 29.0122, 85.1149)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178EF #B6EF78

analogous

#787BEF #B178EF #EC78EF

triadic

#B178EF #EFB178 #78EFB1

tetradic

#B178EF #EF787B #B6EF78 #78EFEC

square

#B178EF #EF787B #B6EF78 #78EFEC

split-complementary

#B178EF #EFEC78 #7BEF78

monochromatic

#7219D4 #9141E9 #B178EF #D1AFF5 #EFE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B178EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#B178EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178EF

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178EF	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5491F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6493EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.176 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0f5',
    500: '#b178ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178ef;
$custom-light: #cba0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.739,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68065,
    "c": 0.17607,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178EF

secondary

#E2F2D1

accent

#DB0A77

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F3FE

border

#D2CDD6

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178EF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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